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  • fbi FBI admits to circumventing warrant laws by using capitalism instead Thom Dunn
  • data Ignoring warrants, the Secret Service has been buying up location data from phone companies Thom Dunn
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  • Business AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon face FCC fines after probe finds they failed to protect user location data Xeni Jardin
  • privacy New York Times analyzes a leaked set of location data from a private broker, sounds the alarm Cory Doctorow
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  • google Manhattan DA served Google with a "reverse search warrant" in a bid to prosecute antifa protesters Cory Doctorow
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  • privacy Toronto cops can frequently get your public transit history without a warrant Cory Doctorow
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  • christ what an asshole Trump's FCC chairman won't do anything about your cellular company selling your location to bountyhunters because shutdown Cory Doctorow
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  • telcoms Why the hell do we continue to believe the carriers' promises to respect our privacy? Cory Doctorow
  • privacy Bounty hunters track targets by buying realtime location data generated by T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T Cory Doctorow
  • privacy Surveillance libraries in common smartphone apps have amassed dossiers on the minute-to-minute movements of 200 million+ Americans Cory Doctorow
  • Business EBGAP: Error Between Google and Privacy Sean O'Brien
  • surveillance China mandates radio-tracking beacons in all cars Cory Doctorow
  • security The most interesting thing about the "Thanksgiving Effect" study is what it tells us about the limits of data anonymization Cory Doctorow
  • Business Ad brokers are selling the fact that you visited an emergency room to ambulance-chasing lawyers Cory Doctorow
  • happy mutants California proposes location-tracking, e-ink license plates that display "STOLEN" if a car is boosted Cory Doctorow
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